Collar and cuff cabinet



(No Model.)

H. CASPAR.

COLLAR AND CUFF CABINET. No. 478,566. Patented July 12, 1892'.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY CASPAR, OF NEW' ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

COLLAR AND CUFF CABINET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.4'7'8,566, dated July 12, 1892.

Application filed February 26, 1891. Serial No. 383,000. (No model.)

and Cuff Cabinets; and I do declare the follow-' ing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in articles of furniture, and is designed for holding such articles of apparel as collars and cuffs, a hat, or the like.

The object of the invention is to provide a cabinet to be placed in such places as a barber-shop or dressing-room where an individual may place his cuffs, collar, hat, and neck tie, if desired, the parts being so arranged that the cabinet may be conveniently opened and closed and the articles placed therein held in certain positions.

With this end in view my improvements will be fully understood from the following description and claim when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical central section of my improved folding cabinetand end and collar holder in a closed position, and Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the same unfolded or open.

Referring by letter to said drawings, Aindicates the backboard of my improvedcollar and and cabinet, which is of a suitable proportional length and width, and is designed to be attached to the wall of a room in any ordinary manner. Connected to the backboard A and extending forwardly therefrom is the stationary section B, which is of a rectangular form and is open on its front and upper sides, as better illustrated in Fig. 2. Connected in a flexible manner, as by hinges a, to the side of the stationary section B, at the front edge thereof, is the lower side of the swinging or folding section 0, which is also of a rectangular form,and has two of its sides open, so that when it is swung up against the stationary section a rectangular box, with its upper side open, will be formed.

D indicates the swingingtop of my improved cabinet, which is of a size adapted to cover the sections B and 0 when they are folded together, and the said top is provided at suit able points on its side edges with lateral trunnions b, which bear at suitable points in the side walls of the section B and serve to pivotally mount the cover D for a purpose presently to be explained. Upon the outer orupper edge of the top D, I attach catches E of a suitable construction, which in practice engage the upper edge of the outer side of the swinging section C when said section has been closed against the stationary section, as will be presently set forth. I F indicates sectional levers comprising, respectively, two sections connected in a suitable hinged manner, as illustrated. The opposite ends of these levers F are respectively connected at suitable points to the side edges of the cover or top D and the inner side of the side walls of the section C,whereby it will be seen that when said section C is swung up against the stationary section B the top or cover D will be swung down, and the catches E, carried by said cover, will engage the upper edge of the outer side of said section C and hold the same in-such position. It will further be seen that when the cabinet is open the levers will serve to suspend the section C in the position shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings.

Rising from the bottom of the section C at a suitable distance apart are cylindrical blocks G, which are preferably slightly tapered from their lower to their upper ends, and are designed to afford a support for cuffs, which are placed over them, as illustrated in dotted lines. Rising from the bottom of said section C, adj acent to the cylindrical blocks or supports, are upright spring-strips H, which are provided with a curved portion adjacent to their upper ends, whereby they may be conveniently grasped, and by the employment of these similar to those employed in connection with the cuff-supporting blocks and for the same purpose.

It is obvious that in practice my improvements may be employed in any connection to which they are adapted, and that such changes or modifications of the several elements may be made as fairly fall within the scope of my lnvention.

Having described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

As an improved article of furniture, the cabinet described, comprising the verticallydisposed stationary section adapted to receive a hat or the like, the movable section carrying means for holding a collar and cuffs, the top adapted to close both the stationary and movable section on the upper side and swing into a Vertical position within the cabinet when the latter has been opened, said top being pivoted in the opposite side walls of the stationary section and arranged to engage and hold the movable section in front of the stationary section in a closed position, and links or levers pivotally connected together and the outer end of one link connected to the inner end of the pivoted top and the outer end of the other link connected to the hinged or movable section, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY CASPAR.

Witnesses: V

MARTIN SACHS, EVARIsTE MOISE. 

